Lifting and Propulsion System For Aircraft With Vertical Take-Off and Landing

Abstract

Lifting and propulsion system for aircraft with vertical take-off and landing that consists of applying to the aircraft certain propeller engines and rotating lifting systems around the transversal shafts and near the centre of gravity, presenting pairs of stabilizing propellers, turbines or fans in counter-rotation activated by electrical motors on the tips of the wings, nose and stabilizers on the tail of the aircraft, the electrical motors are powered by batteries, supercondensators, high powered electrical generators activated by the engines and by special auxiliary power units.

1 . A lifting and propulsion system for aircraft with vertical take-off and landing that consists of applying to the aircraft certain propeller engines and rotating lifting systems around the transversal shafts and near the centre of gravity, presenting pairs of stabilizing propellers, turbines or fans in counter-rotation activated by electrical motors on the tips of the wings, nose and stabilizers on the tail of the aircraft, the electrical motors are powered by batteries, supercondensators, high powered electrical generators activated by the engines and by special auxiliary power units.  
   
   
       2 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the ducts of the propellers, fanes, etc. are equipped with butterfly type eccentric valves, slats or hatches that open automatically during vertical movement and close on horizontal movement thanks to the action of the ram air and a spring.  
   
   
       3 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the propelling engine groups use one or more gas turbines, mini-turbines, microturbines and nanoturbines in parallel which are turbofans, turbopropellers, while cruising, the nose is tilted up so that part of the push is used for lifting and the rest for propulsion.  
   
   
       4 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein turbines, mini-turbines, etc. are turbofan kind and use an interconnection shaft between the two.  
   
   
       5 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein during horizontal flight, stability is obtained by means of the ailerons and depth and direction rudders located on the horizontal and vertical stabiliser, during vertical flight, horizontal stabilization is obtained using the pairs of electrically-actuated propellers or fans located on the winds and on both horizontal rudders on the nose of the aircraft, gyroscopes detect the change in position with respect to the horizontal and direction, generating signals that act on the electrical engines that activate the horizontal and vertical stabilizing propellers and fans to correct any undesired deviations or tilting.  
   
   
       6 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein a pair of turbines or propellers actuated by electrical motors on the vertical stabilizer control the course.  
   
   
       7 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the propellers, turbines or fans actuated by electrical motors that control the stabilization are controlled with two independent circuits that guarantee operation in the event of a failure.  
   
   
       8 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the fuselage, which is flat, provides lift during the horizontal flight along with the wings.  
   
   
       9 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the electric motors are powered by fuel cells.  
   
   
       10 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein on ascent, additional electrical power can be added by means of electrical wires or cables, which can be disconnected after ascending to a certain altitude.  
   
   
       11 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used inflatable floats to land on the water.  
   
   
       12 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein special centrifugal fans or propellers are used which, along with a divergent and flared duct, provide to the flow of air an axial and descendent centrifugal movement which is subsequently straightened by blades o vanes  
   
   
       13 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the turbines are settled in front of the wings and close to the fuselage.  
   
   
       14 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the turbines are settled at the rear of the wings and close to the fuselage.  
   
   
       15 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein there is a cavity in the center zone of the fuselage for housing the turbines.  
   
   
       16 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the aircraft uses sweepback wings, link to the rear part of a tailless fuselage, with the turbines settled at the rear zone of said fuselage, between the wings and in the centre of gravity of the aircraft, wings act like horizontal stabilizers and on their tips are arranged the vertical stabilizers and on these the stabilizing propellers, turbines or fans that stabilize the direction, pitch and roll.  
   
   
       17 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 16 , wherein the sweepback wings adopts a positive dihedral angle, in such a way that, fans or turbines and stabilizing rudders and elevators are common and act simultaneous in roll, pitch and direction.  
   
   
       18 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein the propulsion engines are turboproppellers  
   
   
       19 . A lifting and propulsion system according to  claim 1 , wherein are used special generators witch are disconnected in flight.  
   
   
       20 . A lifting and propulsion system for aircraft with vertical take-off and landing that consists of applying to the aircraft certain propeller engines and rotating lifting systems around the transversal shafts and near the centre of gravity, multiple propellers, turbines or fans actuated electrically are distributed through all the horizontal surfaces, wings and stabilizers, pairs of these propellers, turbines or fans in counter-rotation act like stabilizers activated by electrical motors on the tips of the wings, nose and stabilizers on the tail of the aircraft, the electrical motors are powered by batteries, supercondensators, high powered electrical generators activated by the engines and by special auxiliary power units. Multiple propellers, turbines or fans actuated electrically are distributed through all the horizontal surfaces, wings and stabilizers.